Inocente is an inspiring film and has become one of my favorite films. Over the past year, I have worked with underprivileged youth. While these children were not homeless, I believe that many of them could relate to Inocente because of their love of art. Like Inocente, the children that I worked with had troubles in their lives and used art as a form of finding peace. The art supplies we provided them with helped each of them express themselves in their own unique way. It made me smile knowing that programs like A.R.T.S are out there providing resources for amazing young minds, like Inocente. Many times, underprivileged youth are blamed for the situation in which they find themselves in. After working with them, I know this is not the case. These young minds have talent to contribute to our world and are deserving of the right to do so. In order to do so it will take powerful and moving messages. It will take stories like Inocente to get people to become aware of the problems.

we all need to get off our couch and learn a 2nd language

My grandparents were legal immigrants. They spoke no English. Neither did my father, who was born here in the grand USA. He learned in Kindergarten and then went home and taught his parents. I found the ad really insulting.

Staged and insulting. Also, I remember growing up in an area of the country where the older people from the “old country” spoke any number of languages other than English as their native tongue. How beautiful was that and how it adds to our rich tapestry here. Some of those people also knew English and some didn’t… it varies greatly with what ease anyone can actually learn a second language (a 3rd, 4th and 5th come much easier). That diversity of sound and everything that went along with it IS one of the things that I love about this country.

(Gusty sigh) Yes, staged and yes, an ethnic slur. The vast majority of the children of immigrants, with or without documents, become fluent in English. Non-Hispanic immigrants to where I live, West Michigan, came at a time when they were hustled into the lumber industry and furniture factories, foundries and auto plants. It was absolutely necessary for them, and they were helped, to learn English, just as all pilots and F1 race car drivers and their crews must and do. A lot of Hispanic people had the border moved on them! Most of the West was originally Spanish-speaking. Now, if you are one of a crew of all Spanish speaking farmworkers, you have no time and no need to learn another language. In our isolation, far too many English speakers are just PROUD of being mono-lingual while most of the world is not. They have no idea what a hard language it is to learn, and I don’t see many volunteering to teach English for free, which is the way they learned it.

Dude. First, this is totally staged. Second, I’d guess all recent immigrants to the US probably want to learn English cause not knowing it is really limiting. And third, I don’t see the problem w ppl speaking Spanish as their first language. For intricate paperwork type documents, it’s better for everyone if they are thoroughly understood by all. Even if you know a language, it’s a fact you will understand contract-like language better in your native tongue. WTF. You guys are just angry little haters.

“I was asked to translate this from an illegal immigrant.” BUSTED Any translator knows documents are translated speech is interpreted.Clearly the “translator” was only reading the prepared text of another prepared text from an “illegal immigrant”. Just more of the same tripe from the xenophobic folks of the racist ProEnglish

lol He can do something about it, but he won’t do it cause his conservative money maker won’t allow it. Latinos, take off the fold off your eyes, he is only saying he’s on the latino’s side, but he’s not. He’s only going to please his conservative base and that base is completely opposed to have any hispanic immigrants in USA

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